AP European History - Lafayette High School

Advanced Placement European History Tracy Kurzendoerfer Lafayette High School [email protected] Overview of AP European History: Texts: • A History of Western Society: Since 1300, Advanced Placement Edition by John P McKay, Bennett D. Hill, and John Buckler; 8th edition. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. • World Lit Only by Fire, William Manchester • Discovering the Western Past: A Look at Evidence, Vol. 1 & II. by Merry Weisner-Hanks, Julius Ruff, and William Bruce Wheeler, 6th edition. Wadsworth Publishing, 2007. • Oxford Atlas of World History: Concise Edition by Patrick O’Brien, Oxford University Press, 2002. Course Requirements: 1. Attend class daily, arriving on time. 2. Make up work when absent- contact me and send assignments due electronically. Two class days will be allotted make up excused absence assignments. Missed tests and quizzes will have to be scheduled within one week of your return. 3. Keep up with readings and assignments to better prepare for the AP exam on May 6. Supplies: • Binder or notebook to keep papers and notes neatly organized • Cracking the AP European History Exam, by Princeton Review. ISBN-10: 037542945X Grading: Grades will be based on total points earned divided by total points possible. Grades are made available daily on Infinite Campus. Final grades will be computed in December and May. Assessments: • Quizzes- reading and geography quizzes. Students may or may not get notice. Worth 20-30 points. • Homework/ In-Class Assignments- Most homework will be reading assignments with questions; however there will be different assignments periodically. • Tests- All tests will be announced and will be comprehensive. • Essays- DBQs and FRQs will be assigned throughout the course along with one research based project. Course Outline: Unit I. Late Middle Ages and Renaissance (8 days) Topics: 1. Medieval Background- McKay, Ch. 12 2. Renaissance Society and Italian Politics- McKay, Ch. 13, 413-419 3. Humanism and Art- McKay, Ch. 13, 419-447 4. Northern Renaissance and New Monarchies, Primary Source Packet 5. World Lit only by Fire Discussion 6. Unit Test with FRQ Primary SourcesChristine de Pizan

Dante, "Inferno", Divine Comedy Erasmus, Education of a Christian Prince Works of ArtMichelangelo, David Michelangelo, La Pieta Botticelli, The Birth of Venus Raphael, The School of Athens Da Vinci, The Last Supper Unit II. The Reformation (6 days) Topics: 1. Luther and Lutheranism- McKay, Ch. 14, 453-470 2. Spread and Impact of Reformation- McKay, Ch. 14, 470-477 3. Catholic Counter Reformation and other reactions- McKay, Ch. 14, 477-484 4. 16th Century Politics and the Wars of Religion- McKay, Ch. 15, 489-502 5. DBQ Introduction Day6. Unit Test with DBQ Primary SourcesMartin Luther, 95 Theses John Calvin, Institutes on Christian Religion Works of Art Reformation Woodcuts Vermeer, The Girl with the Pearl Earring Rembrandt, The Night Watch Unit III. Changes in Early Modern Europe (6 days) Topics: 1. Discovery and Exploration and Impacts of European Expansion- McKay, Ch. 15, 502-512 2. The Peasantry, Social Crisis, War, and Rebellions- McKay, Ch. 15, 512-524 3. Absolutism- McKay, Ch. 16, 531-548 4. Absolutism II.- McKay, Ch. 17 5. Stuart England and the Development of Constitutionalism- McKay, Ch. 16, 548-559 6. Unit Test with FRQ Primary SourcesChristopher Columbus, excerpts from his first voyage journal A day in the life of Louis XIV. Works of ArtSelections from J.S. Bach Photographs of the Palace of Versailles Peter Paul Rubens, The Horrors of War El Greco, View of Toledo Unit IV. Scientific Revolution and Absolutism (8 days) Topics: 1. Acadamie des Sciences, McKay, Ch. 18, 595-605 3. The Enlightenment, McKay, Ch.18, 605-623 4. Enlightened Despots, Document Packet 5. Agricultural Revolution and Cottage Industries, McKay, Ch. 19, 629-643 6. Warfare and the Atlantic Seaboard States and the Building of a World Economy, McKay, Ch. 19, 643-656

7. Changing Lives of the People of the 18th Century, McKay, Ch. 20 8. Unit Test with FRQ Primary SourcesVoltaire, A Treatise on Toleration John Locke, Two Treatises on Government Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract Adam Smith, excerpts from The Wealth of Nations Works of ArtSelection of Paintings with everyday life subjects Unit V. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (10 days) Topics: 1. The Old Regime and Impact of the American Revolution, McKay, Ch. 21, 691-699, excerpts of A Tale of Two Cities 2. The Moderate Phase of the French Revolution, McKay, Ch. 21, 699-706 3. The Radical Phase and the Directory, McKay, Ch. 21, 706-712 4. The Age of Napoleon, McKay, Ch. 21, 712-720 5-7 Napoleonic Era Project 8. Unit Test 9. DBQ Day 10. Semester Review 11. Mid-term Exam, two FRQs Primary SourcesThe Declaration of the Rights of Man Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizens Works of ArtThe Three Estates (political cartoon) Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon, 1804 Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat Unit VI. The Industrial Revolution (5 days) Topics: 1. The Urban Game 2. Industrialization of Great Britain, McKay, Ch. 22, 725-735 3. Industrialization of the Continent, McKay, Ch. 22, 735-740 4. Social Impacts of the Industrial Revolution, McKay, Ch. 22, 741-751 5. Unit Test Primary Sources Committee on Factory Bill: Minutes of Evidence Andrew Ure, The Philosophy of Manufacturers; or, An Exposition of the Scientific, Moral, and Commercial Economy of the Factory System Samuel Smiles, The Self-Help Works of Art Ford Maddox Brown, Work Manchester, England, 1851 Selections from Mozart and Haydn Unit VII. The Long 19th Century (12 days) Topics: 1. The Congress of Vienna, McKay, Ch. 23, 755-761

2. New Ideologies, Culture, and Societies, McKay, Ch. 23, 761-770 3. Revolutions of 1830 and 1848, McKay, Ch. 23. 770-783 4. The Changing Family and Urban Life, McKay, Ch. 24 5. Mass Culture and Famous Faces of the 19th Century, McKay, Ch. 25, 815-818 6. The Politics and the Nation State, McKay, Ch. 26 7. German and Italian Unification, McKay, Ch. 26 8. Imperialism/ Industrialization and the Making of a World Economy, McKay, Ch. 27, 855-869 9. Imperialism: The Scramble for Africa and Asia, McKay, Ch. 27, 869-883 10. Unit Review 11. Unit Test 12. DBQ Day Primary Sources Images of Changing Women’s Fashion, 1850s-1900 Prince Metternich, “On the Necessity of Censorship of the Press” Karl Marx, excerpts from The Communist Manifesto Otto von Bismarck, various documents on German Unification Rudyard Kipling, “The White Man’s Burden” Works of Art Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony Caspar David Friedrich, Traveler Looking over a Sea of Fog William Wordsworth, “Daffodils” Francisco Goya, The Third of May Gustave Courbet, Bonjour Monsieur Courbet Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night Unit VIII. The Second 30 years War (13 days) Topics: 1. World War I., McKay, Ch. 27, 887-900 2. Total War and the Homefront, McKay, Ch. 27, 900-904 3. Treaty of Versailles Simulation 4. Russian Revolution, McKay, Ch. 27, 904-917 5. Russian Revolution 6. Cultural and Intellectual Trends in the Interwar Years, McKay, Ch. 28, 921-942 7. The Great Depression, McKay, Ch. 28, 942-949 8. Totalitarianism- The Rise of Fascism, McKay, Ch. 29, 953-971 9. World War II., McKay, Ch. 29, 971-984 10. World II.- Turning Points in World War II. 11. World II. Impacts and the Holocaust 12. Unit Review 13. Unit Test Primary SourcesSerbia, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, and Great Britain- documents concerning who started WWI V.I. Lenin, “What is to be Done” Adolf Hitler, excerpts from famous speeches Photos from Nazi Germany Eli Wiesel, Night Works of Art: Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front Propaganda Posters- WWI, Soviet, WWII. Frank Lloyd Wright, The “Falling Water” House Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians

Unit IX. The Cold War and Beyond (9 days) Topics: 1. Development of the Cold War, McKay, Ch. 30, 989-999 2. Political and Economic Recovery 3. Culture, and Counter Culture on the brink of nuclear war, McKay, Ch. 30, 999-1022 4. Western European Challenges 5. Collapse of Communism, McKay, Ch. 31, 1027-1040 6. The European Union, McKay, Ch. 31, 1040-1051 7. Modern European Politics 8. Global Challenges, McKay, Ch. 31, 1051-1061 9. Review Day Primary Sources Winston Churchill, “The Iron Curtain Speech” Simone de Beauvor, excerpts from “The Second Sex” Time Magazine, “Man of the Year, Mikhail Gorbachev” News Reports, The Fall of the Berlin Wall Works of Art U2, “Bloody Sunday” Modern Art Selections Final Exam (2 days) Part I.- Multiple Choice, Essay #1 Part II.- Essay #2, DBQ AP Exam Review (5-6 days- depending on state testing) AP Exam- May 6, 2011